Piers Morgan Just Released A Totally Unexpected Statement About Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s strident anti-ISIS rhetoric fills a void created by the lack of anything worthwhile emanating from President Obama, commentator Piers Morgan has written in a Daily Mail piece headlined, “Trump’s Muslim travel ban may be dumb but laid-back, do-nothing Obama is even dumber.”

Morgan, an outspoken liberal, says he loathes the policy aspect of Trump’s call for a temporary ban on Muslim entering the United State but deeply admires that way Trump uses controversial issues to boost his candidacy.

“The more Trump gets attacked for his controversial opinions on Islamic fundamentalism, the more airtime he gets and the more his ratings soar. That’s why he does it,” Morgan wrote.

“It is undeniable, as he claims, that a significant number of Muslims, or rather twisted jihadists who’ve hijacked Islam, hate America and want to destroy it with more attacks like 9/11,” he wrote, noting that no one really knows the extent of the threat.

Americans “see a very dangerous medieval enemy in ISIS that is marauding around the world beheading, stoning and setting fire to anyone that stands in their way,” Morgan wrote. “And now, since San Bernardino, ISIS and its sympathizers are seen to be living and plotting on Americans’ own doorsteps, and it’s freaking everyone out.”

“As Obama is seen to be fiddling while Rome burns, Trump is seen, whether you agree with him or not, to at least have an understanding of the immediacy and scale of the threat and a clear determination to try and deal with it,” Morgan wrote. “Trump just takes a firm position and smashes it into the public consciousness in brusque, simple, uncompromising language that everyone can understand.”

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“I watched President Obama’s address to the nation from the Oval Office a few days ago and thought it was dreadful. He sounded utterly devoid of any real new ideas on how to tackle ISIS, whose military and economic power strengthens every day,” Morgan wrote.

“He spoke in weary tones of how we were going to beat them but nobody listening to him could have felt remotely convinced that he has a clue how this will actually happen,” Morgan added.

Morgan predicted the worst of attacks is not yet over.

“America and Britain will both be hit by ISIS on a Paris scale, sooner rather than later, and when we do, our collective resolve for this fight will be put to its biggest test,” he wrote.

Although Morgan stresses his disagreement with Trump’s policy, he said it may be a necessary catalyst.

“By taking such an extreme position, he may force more timid politicians like President Obama to finally confront this ISIS menace properly – before it’s too late,” he wrote. “Saying all Muslims are potential terrorists is stupid and dangerous. But pretending none of them are is even more stupid and dangerous.”